Luke Stettner was born in Alpine, NJ, in 1979. He received his BFA from the University of Arizona in 2002 and his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2005. Stettner attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 2010 and was a recipient of the 2013 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace residency program. He currently lives and works in Columbus, OH.

Stettner has held eight solo exhibitions to date, including a, b, moon, d, Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY and Stene Projects, Stockholm, SE (2015); Time, women, stars, death, sleep, flowers, life, eyes, a river, dreams, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY (2014); this single monument, The Kitchen, New York, NY (2014); No Whiteness (Lost) is so White as the Memory of Whiteness, Stene Projects, Stockholm, SE (2012); Eyes That Are Like Two Suns, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY (2011); and The Fold, Stene Projects, Stockholm, SE (2010).

His work has been reviewed in publications such as T Magazine, Interview Magazine, The New York Observer, The Village Voice, Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, Art Review, Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine, Gallerist NY, Aperture, and The Boston Globe. He is the co-founder and editor of the online arts publication The Highlights.

Stettner was an artist in resident at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY (2013).